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More than $763,000 has been donated to hospice services around the country following the Christmas fundraising campaign supported by all Farmers Departments stores.

Once again, Farmers customers and staff were fully behind the campaign, buying the limited edition bauble and making donations to the Tree of Remembrance.

Rotorua Community Hospice chief executive officer Jonathon Hagger says that for the community of Rotorua, the donation of $23,545 will enable Rotorua Hospice to provide every patient for a whole year with the consumables they need such as bandages, gloves and syringes.

"Not only did the team at Farmers embrace raising funds for Rotorua Community Hospice, they also worked as ambassadors for our services, helping the community to better understand the work we do.

"The awareness raising that comes from being involved with Farmers is invaluable."

He says the enthusiasm and commitment from all staff and the people of Rotorua has contributed to this amazing result - "Thank you so much".